Mazda MPS Models Not On The Horizon

If you were hanging out for a high-performance MPS or Mazdaspeed version of the Mazda3 or Mazda6, we’ve got bad news for you.

In fact, if you had a hankering for a performance-tuned version of any existing Mazda vehicle then you can stop holding your breath - it ain’t gonna happen.

Speaking to Australian media at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Mazda President and CEO Masamichi Kogai confirmed that performance-oriented derivatives of the Japanese brand’s mass-market models are not a part of the current product plan.

“What we have done with the current-generation models is incorporate that kind of performance across the board so that customers can be happy with performance,” he said

“Therefore we don’t need to have any specific vehicles that we’d call Mazdaspeed.”